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Calculators augmented with algebra software may no longer be used by Kentucky high school students as they take a statewide college-readiness test, the Kentucky Department of Education ordered recently.
The decision by state Education Commissioner Terry Holliday came after officials concluded the software could be used to artificially inflate scores.

Kentucky's public universities received permission last week to increase tuition as much as 8 percent over the next two years — potentially hiking yet again the sticker price of a college education.
With state funding falling and university expectations rising, the Council on Postsecondary Education decided it had to approve the allowed increase, which applies to in-state undergraduate students for the coming school year. But, it capped the increase at no more than 5 percent in either year.

FRANKFORT – The spring forest fire hazard season in Kentucky officially ended April 30. Despite the recent heavy rainfalls, 1,171 wildfires have burned more than 35,613 acres in the state since the first of the year.

As a preschooler, Cherrish Slaymaker was a tiny tempest — at times defiant, other times bouncing distractedly from toy to toy at daycare, while other children were absorbed in play.
Amanda Slaymaker hoped her daughter's troubling behavior was just a phase, but a medical evaluation showed otherwise — Cherrish had Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, which afflicts Kentucky children at the highest rates in the nation.

A study released last week by RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association suggests Kentuckians experiencing trouble conceiving have a 50/50 chance of finding the help they need in the commonwealth.
The nonprofit gave Kentucky a C in “fertility friendliness.”

What are the rules for the Internet? Tech companies as large as Google and individuals as ordinary as the frequent commenters on your favorite website have a stake in the legal drama posing that question that will unfold in a downtown Cincinnati courtroom Thursday.

May is National Historic Preservation Month and the Kentucky Heritage Council wants to know, where is your favorite Old Kentucky Home? Show the council by entering KHC’s “This is MY Old Kentucky Home” Facebook photo contest for a chance to win an all-expense paid weekend in Bardstown, site of Federal Hill, the house said to have inspired Stephen Foster to write our state song, “My Old Kentucky Home.”

The economic impact of tourism in Kentucky amounted to more than $12.5 billion in 2013, Gov. Steve Beshear and Tourism, Arts and Heritage Secretary Bob Stewart announced today. The economic impact figure is a 2.6 percent increase from 2012.

As bystanders waved American flags April 30 along Wilkinson Trace, 150 veterans on bicycles, handcycles and recumbents streamed into the Holiday Inn University Plaza parking lot.
“Don’t stop!” several of the veterans yelled as they rolled in.
The veterans were part of the UnitedHealthcare Ride 2 Recovery Bluegrass Challenge.
Ride 2 Recovery helps injured veterans improve their health and wellness through individual and group cycling.